All 8 Uses
paltry
in
The Prince and The Pauper
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- —holding the garment up and viewing it admiringly—"they have a grandeur and a majesty that do cause these small stingy ones of the tailor-man to look mightily paltry and plebeian— "'She loved her husband dearilee, But another man he loved she,—' "Marry, 'tis done—a goodly piece of work, too, and wrought with expedition.†
Chpt 13
- They wandered hither and thither for some time, Hugo watching for opportunities to do a stroke of business, but finding none—so he finally said— "I see nought to steal; it is a paltry place.†
Chpt 18
- The King was cordially ashamed of himself for having gotten all that fright and misery out of so paltry a matter as a slumbering calf; but he need not have felt so about it, for it was not the calf that frightened him, but a dreadful non-existent something which the calf stood for; and any other boy, in those old superstitious times, would have acted and suffered just as he had done.†
Chpt 18
- The King continued to struggle in the woman's strong grasp, and now and then cried out in vexation— "Unhand me, thou foolish creature; it was not I that bereaved thee of thy paltry goods."†
Chpt 22 *
- "Then go, ye paltry cowards, and arm yourselves and guard the doors, whilst I send one to fetch the watch!" said Hugh.†
Chpt 25
- What are thy paltry domains, thy trivial interests, contrasted with matters which concern the weal of a nation and the integrity of a throne?†
Chpt 26
- The old man gazed around the room, glanced at each face in turn, and finally said— "I see none here but paltry knaves, scum o' the streets.†
Chpt 27
- The Lord Protector called out fiercely— "Cast the beggar into the street, and scourge him through the town—the paltry knave is worth no more consideration!"†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(paltry) insignificant in amount or quality
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)